Spoils Collection

Peninsular War, six French drums, spoils of war
Peninsular War, six French drums and a silver-mounted drum major's staff, spoils of war taken by the 2nd Battalion of the 34th Regiment (Border Regiment)

Cartoon, The happy meeting, WW1
Cartoon, The happy meeting, showing a French soldier in a tattered uniform finding a dead German soldier lying on the ground, and deciding he could help himself to some of his clothes. Date: 1915

Torquatus condemns his own son to death
Titus Manlius Torquatus, as Roman Consul, condemns his own son to death for leaving his post in wartime against military orders, hence the term Manlian discipline'. Date: 340 BC

After the Siege of Havana, Cuba, March to August 1762, which ended in a British victory against the Spanish, captured gold

Roman soldiers with spoils of war on the Arch for Titus
Roman soldiers march in procession with spoils of war or spolia on the Arch for Titus, the arch of triumph celebrating Emperor Tituss victory over Jerusalem

Emperor Titus in a quadriga after his victory over Jerusalem
Emperor Titus in a quadriga or four-horse chariot crowned by the personification of Victory on the Arch for TItus. The goddess Roma leads the horses, while Roman citizens and senators watch

Carved figures from Benin placed at the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill, SE London, thought to be associated with the hideous sacrificial rites of Benin. Date: 1897

GAMBLING / SPOILS
Dividing the spoils Date: 1796

Melchizedec & Abraham
A priest-king of Salem, he blesses Abrahams flock, and in return receives a tithe of the spoils of any victories Abraham may have over his enemies

To the Victor Belong the Spoils, George Harding, WW1
Reproduction of a painting or sketch entitled To the Victor Belong the Spoils, by the American artist George Matthews Harding

French spoils from China exhibited at Tuileries, 1861
French spoils from China recently exhibited at the Palace of the Tuileries. Treasures and valuable objects sent home from the Summer Palace as a present to Napoleon III

Greek Art. Greece. Delphi. The Stoa of the Athenians. c. 478
Greek Art. Greece. Delphi. The Stoa of the Athenians. Ancient building in the Sanctuary of Apollo. It was constructed c. 478-470 B.C. Early Classical period

WW1 - Spoils of Romania and Austria denied her share
WW1 - An illustration portraying Germany after its take over Romania, and its betrayal against the their loyal allies Austria

Emperor Romulus Augustus in battledress with Spolia Opima (rich spoils), and a Roman consul.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of

Bonzo spoils a perfectly good photograph by George Studdy
Bonzo spoils a perfectly good photograph -- he scratches his ear at the critical moment and distorts Chee-Kees image. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Cartoon, German sword with loot from Belgium, WW1
Cartoon showing a German sword with two moneybags impaled on it, representing loot taken from Brussels and Liege during the invasion of Belgium in the early days of the First World War

Russo-Japanese War - General Kuroki inspecting captured guns
Russo-Japanese War - Count Tamemoto Kuroki GCMG (18441923) General in the Imperial Japanese Army, inspecting captured Russian guns. Date: circa 1905

To the victor belong the spoils. Illustration shows two young boys fighting and a young girl holding a doll, standing nearby. Date 1914 June 27

Italian Troops capture Ottoman Standard
Italo-Turkish War - Libya - The flag of the Prophet captured by Italian soldiers during fighting on October 26th 1911 Date: 1911

Egypt - Tourists hassled by locals
Humourous postcard, depicting the hardships endured by European Tourists in Egypt, cornered by a vast horde of helpful Egyptians who are aggressively " Dividing the Spoils" !

CONFECTIONERs SHOP 1827
A young well-off mother spoils her little girl with sweets; the shop also sells jellies, sugar-plums and jams etc

Crinoline Spoils Dancing
The men are forced out of the ballroom. There is barely enough room to accomodate the crinolined belles. A page in an attempt to serve tea tilts forward precariously

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